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JOHN LESLIE HENDERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 13, 1948 – January 10, 1969
Service recordJohn Leslie Henderson, of Tallmadge, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 10, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 65
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Tallmadge, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 65
- RICHARD GERALD GILLHAMCorporal · January 10, 1969
- JOE EDWARD GRAYSONSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- ROBERT GARY HAYESSergeant · January 10, 1969
- BERNARD GEORGE HITRO JRCorporal · January 10, 1969
From Tallmadge
- CARL DEAN HOFFMANLance Corporal · November 9, 1966
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL KRANSHANPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- WESLEY LEE WOODFORDFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
- LARRY GLENN MARSHWarrant Officer 1 · September 14, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.